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Anonymous Donor Pledges $1.8 Million to Support Center for the Blue Economy
The Monterey Institute has received a $1.8 million challenge gift that aims to both support and inspire the continued growth and expansion of the Institute's ocean and coastal economics research and education center, the Center for the Blue Economy.
The gift has three components: a $600,000 outright gift in the first year (beginning July 1, 2014), and challenge matching gifts of $600,000 in each of the following two years, with the goal of generating at least $3 million for the center's operations over the next three years.
"This generous challenge gift will help to ensure the continued vitality and growth of the Center for the Blue Economy over the next several years," commented MIIS President Sunder Ramaswamy. "It should serve to inspire other individuals, foundations, and grant-makers to meet this donor's challenge and raise additional major support, including endowed funds, to ensure the long-term sustainability of the Center. I look forward to working with potential supporters worldwide who care about the future of our oceans."
CBE Director Jason Scorse, a MIIS professor who also chairs the school's Master of Arts in International Environmental Policy program, said "this new gift and the challenge it kicks off will allow the CBE to build upon the strong momentum generated over the past two years. It will allow us to expand our economic databases and analyses into new and important policy areas where economic data is lacking. We will also launch our new Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics this year, expand our international efforts beyond Asia and Europe, and be able to provide significantly more financial support to students enrolling in the ocean and coastal resource management concentration in our International Environmental Policy program."
"The CBE is uniquely positioned to make the economic case for ocean conservation and to better inform decision makers with important economic information long absent from policy dialogue," added Scorse. "We hope to play a key role in helping to shape policies on ocean and coastal issues in the years ahead."
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March 01--LOUISVILLE -- High-ranking officials from the Regional Transportation District got an earful from residents and elected leaders in Louisville Wednesday on the future of commuter rail in the northwest corridor.
Councilman Jay Keany said an option being considered by RTD to nix a train line between Denver and Longmont in favor of bus service makes Louisville and surrounding communities feel like the "ugly stepchild" in a metro area that has been promised rail transit for the past eight years.
"We're not getting what we were told we were going to get," Keany told RTD General Manager Phil Washington and other agency officials who came to city hall for a public hearing on the issue.
Resident Steve Poppitz said those living in the northwest corridor have been paying sales taxes for nearly a decade to support FasTracks, an effort to build six rail lines in and around Denver, including a 41-mile line from downtown Denver to Longmont via Louisville.
"We want our train. We paid our taxes like Highlands Ranch did, like Denver did," Poppitz said Wednesday. "We don't want a couple of extra buses. Are they going to refund our money — are they going to give us back our 0.4 percent?"
Voters in 2004 approved a 0.4 percent sales tax to pay for FasTracks, but RTD has run into repeated funding issues with the massive project related to spiraling construction costs and lower-than-expected sales tax revenues.
Washington said the northwest corridor is a special case because it is the only rail line in the system that wouldn't be owned by RTD. Commuter trains would have to share space with freight trains operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe — on tracks owned by the railroad company.
By RTD's estimates, the cost of sharing the track with BNSF has blown up — from $894 million to $1.7 billion — and forced the agency to devise a list of options for tackling the northwest corridor transit problem.
The first two options would retain the train but push back its debut to 2024. The third option ditches the train and proposes bus rapid transit for U.S. 36 and the Diagonal Highway instead.
One of the options, which will be voted on by RTD's board of directors next week, would likely end up on a ballot measure this fall asking voters for a doubling of the sales tax for FasTracks.
Washington tried to assure council members that no decision has been made on how to proceed and that RTD staffers are still collecting feedback from the public on the future of Northwest Rail.
"No one wants to build this thing more than we do — we're married to this thing," he said. "But you balance that with financial realities and you balance that with the other player you have out here, and that's called the railroad."
Mayor Bob Muckle said he sympathized with RTD's financial struggles but he said a bus rapid transit, even with fixed stations and rail-like amenities, wouldn't work in Louisville.
He said Highway 42 has no capacity for additional dedicated bus lanes and much of the city's planning for its downtown has been predicated on a train depot being built aside the tracks that run through town.
Councilwoman Emily Jasiak said train travel through Louisville encompasses more than just putting "butts in seats." It also dictates land-use decisions and gives the city a sense of place, she said.
"It's a lot more than getting from A to B for us," Jasiak said. "It's all about rail."
A glimmer of hope for the future of Northwest Rail arose during the evening when several people mentioned that, in the just the last day or so, BNSF had expressed a willingness to consider a plan that would phase in commuter rail, segment by segment, on its tracks. Washington said he was familiar with the discussion but didn't elaborate on it.
"We'll look at all those things and my guess is our staff recommendation (to the RTD board) will take those things into account," he said.
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Keith Olbermann -- The Rich Get Richer
Keith Olbermann scored an even sweeter exit package than previously reported. Sources connected with NBC tell us Keith is pocketing "well in excess" of $7 million.
Sources tell us ... Olbermann was due for two salary hikes during the last two years of his contract, which would have netted him just over $17 million. The exit deal, we're told, gives Keith much more than $7 million, though our sources would not be more specific.
And we're told ... Olbermann agreed as part of his exit deal not to do television, but our sources say he'll be benched for less than 4 1/2 months. Conan O'Brien had to sit out twice that amount of time.
And speaking of Conan, we're told attorney Patty Glaser, who negotiated Conan's exit from the same network, did the heavy lifting for Keith, along with his agent and manager. We're told negotiations for the exit went on for seven weeks.


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We've Been Expecting You
We thought you'd never get here! Now that you've arrived, we can't wait to show you what we're all about. If it's adventure and experience in the heart of the hippest downtown Boston neighborhood you're looking for, your search is over. And if our walls could talk, they would tell you not only of our celebrated past, but also of the personalized service we offer our guests. So come on in, rest your weary head in one of our comfy guest rooms and do us a favor – don't make us wait so long next time. Welcome to the Lenox Hotel in Boston. We've been expecting you.


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Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs never ceases to amaze his readers with his honest stories, and Toil & Trouble won't disappoint his fans! A gift shared with his mother, witchcraft has been passed down his family tree and has guided his life. Moving from the city life to the wilds of Connecticut, Burroughs' gift guides him and husband Christopher to the right place at the right time—and saves them with a little premonition! You are invited (perhaps welcomed?) to be skeptical, but once you finish the book you might just wonder why you ever were.
You don't have to be a believer to love this memoir from Augusten Burroughs. The story of how he and his husband decide to move from Manhattan to Connecticut, with all of its real estate woes, renovation horrors, and natural disasters, is hilarious on its own. The supernatural underpinnings cast an eerie shadow over the whole thing. I might not believe in witchcraft, but Augusten Burroughs is definitely a witch!
From the number one New York Times bestselling author comes another stunning memoir that is tender, touching...and just a little spooky.
"Here's a partial list of things I don't believe in: God. The Devil. Heaven. Hell. Bigfoot. Ancient Aliens. Past lives. Life after death. Vampires. Zombies. Reiki. Homeopathy. Rolfing. Reflexology. Note that 'witches' and 'witchcraft' are absent from this list. The thing is, I wouldn't believe in them, and I would privately ridicule any idiot who did, except for one thing: I am a witch."
For as long as Augusten Burroughs could remember, he knew things he shouldn't have known. He manifested things that shouldn't have come to pass. And he told exactly no one about this, save one person: his mother. His mother reassured him that it was all perfectly normal, that he was descended from a long line of witches, going back to the days of the early American colonies. And that this family tree was filled with witches. It was a bond that he and his mother shared--until the day she left him in the care of her psychiatrist to be raised in his family (but that's a whole other story). After that, Augusten was on his own. On his own to navigate the world of this tricky power; on his own to either use or misuse this gift.
From the hilarious to the terrifying, Toil & Trouble is a chronicle of one man's journey to understand himself, to reconcile the powers he can wield with things with which he is helpless. There are very few things that are coincidences, as you will learn in Toil & Trouble. Ghosts are real, trees can want to kill you, beavers are the spawn of Satan, houses are alive, and in the end, love is the most powerful magic of all.
Praise for Toil & Trouble: A Memoir
Praise for Toil & Trouble:
"Burroughs' unique ability to translate his fears, anxieties, and dreams into something universal that feels a little like, well, magic...This hilarious and spellbinding memoir will generate a whirl of requests." —Booklist, starred review
Praise for Augusten Burroughs:
"A satisfying success story from a reliably outspoken raconteur." —Kirkus on Lust & Wonder
"All of the wisdom he dispenses in his new book-delivered with the dark, acidic humor we've come to expect is certainly well-earned." —The Boston Globe on This is How
"Dry is more than a heartbreaking tale; it's a heroic one. As with its predecessor, we finish the book amazed not only that Burroughs can write so brilliantly, but that he's even alive." —People on Dry
"It makes a good run at blowing every other [memoir] out of the water." —The Washington Post on Running with Scissors
"Funny and rich with child's eye details of adults who have gone off the rails." —The New York Times Book Review on Running with Scissors


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Nestled amongst ten new products launched by Elonex at IFA 2010 were a threesome of eTouch tablet computers. Powered by the company's own ARM-based LNX processor and running on the Android platform, there are a couple of 7-inch (17.78 cm) models and a 10-inch (25.4 cm) version – all with backlit touchscreen displays, 2GB of storage and Wi-Fi connectivity. Gizmag visited the Elonex booth to have a look at the e-Readers and tablets on offer.
In addition to displaying what is claimed to be the UK's cheapest e-Book reader – the GBP79 (US$122) 500FB freeBook, which offers access to over a million free titles – and the first color e-Book to come in under the GBP100 (US$155) mark, Elonex also showed off its 7-inch 710EB and some new touchscreen Android tablets.
The entry-level eTouch 700ET tablet carries a suggested retail price of GBP99 (US$153) and features a 7-inch, 800 x 480 resolution, LED-backlit resistive touchscreen display. It's powered by the company's own ARM-based LNX Code 9 processor supported by 128MB of system memory, and runs on the Android 1.6 operating system, which has been touch optimized. The tablet features 2GB of NAND flash storage that is expandable via an included microSD media card slot.
There's orientation correction thanks to an included accelerometer, a mini-USB 2.0 port for connectivity to other devices, and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi too. Elonex says that its Li-ion battery should be good for 3.5 hours between charges.
The eTouch 750ET also sports a HDMI-out port to allow users to view 720p high definition video content on big screen televisions, and there's also a full-size USB port.
Rounding off the Elonex tablet launches is the 10-inch 1000ET model, which carries a suggested retail price of GBP149 (US$231). Its LED-backlit, resistive touchscreen display has a resolution of 1024 x 600 and its ARM-based LNX 11 processor runs at 1GHz, supported by 256MB of system memory. The tablet also benefits from a newer version of Android, 2.1 to be precise, but retains the same amount of storage and microSD expansion capabilities of its smaller siblings.
A protective case with built-in tactile USB keyboard is available as an optional extra for all of the new tablets.
Also on display at the Elonex booth were seven LCD and e-Ink e-Books, including a couple of freeBook models. The 700FB and the 500FB offer readers access to over a million free titles in ePub and PDF format from the company's dedicated portal. The 7-inch model supports up to 720p high definition video playback as well as popular photo and audio formats. There's 2GB of internal storage, SD/MMC card expansion and a claimed battery life of 8 hours reading, 4 hours video or 10 hours audio (via headphones).
The 5-inch (12.7 cm) 500FB offers a choice of five font sizes for viewing comfort, AVI video and WAV/MP3 audio playback and a gigabyte of internal storage with SD/SDHC/MMC expansion. Its 2000mAh battery is said to be good for 6 hours reading, 4 hours of video playback or a good 20 hours of audio (providing the backlight is turned off).
Each of the freeBook models has a twin e-Book model, offering similar specs but capable of displaying DRM content as well as free books. The 500EB model also benefits from a storage increase to 2GB.
The remainder of Elonex's products are all e-Ink models and include a 5-inch touchscreen reader with physical QWERTY keyboard and 512MB of internal storage, and a Wi-Fi-enabled 6-inch (15.24 cm) device with enough storage for about a thousands e-Books and a 532MHz ARM-based processor.
Our U.S. readers might like to note that the company told us there are no current plans for a Stateside release. It is also worth noting that prices quoted in the official release (and reproduced here) differ from those given at IFA, so checking with Elonex is advised.


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The most easily recognizable advantage of the new PHP 7 engine is the significant performance improvement.
Performance is undoubtedly the biggest reason why you should upgrade your servers as soon as a stable version is released. The core refactoring introduced by the phpng RFC makes PHP 7 as fast as HHVM.
See the results below, they are pretty self-explanatory – PHP 7 Twice The Speed.


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Established in 1759, Wedgwood is one of the world's most renowned English brands. With over 250 years of experience, Wedgwood uses an archive of timeless print and product innovation to create a diverse portfolio of luxury home and lifestyle products. A marriage of heritage and modernity, Wedgwood represents a unique vision of English luxury.
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Changing of the guard at the auto makers' industry group the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM). Former Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy takes his lobbying skills from Electronics to Autos. As reported at the Washington Note, just seeing a Democrat in this top spot once held by Andy Card, who went on to become Bush's Chief of Staff, is a positive sign of the times. Still, this is the industry group (and its predecessor) that has opposed every attempt at auto sanity passed by the people's representatives - from seat belts to the ZEV Mandate to the California Greenhouse Gas bill. No reason to believe that stance will change.
But with change in personnel comes change in personal networks. As Steven Clemons points out in his report, McCurdy and Clinton's CIA chief Jim Woolsey, two guys from Oklahoma, go way back. Woolsey is one of the higher profile advocates for plug-in cars. Woolsey's gasoline-only Prius has a "Bin Laden Hates My Car" sticker, but he knows the only way to cut the cord in the near term is cars with an electrical plug. (Woolsey, pictured right, holding the plug for Felix Kramer's Plug-in Prius.) See his presentation at the Santa Monica AltFuel Auto Show below this post.
Here's to hoping Woolsey and McCurdy sit down for a nice lunch real soon. Perhaps their relationship can help break down the wall the auto industry has constructed to postpone the inevitable, electric future for cars.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
3 comments:
- John Acheson said...
Marc, thank you very much for posting the keynote speech! The event sounded very interesting, I wish I had gone. I was putting the final touches on my hybrid thesis that was handed in a few days later. Speaking of events, are you meetings in SF open to the public or members only?
- December 22, 2006 at 12:43:00 AM PST
- Marc Geller said...
John, Our meetings are open. Check www.sfeva.org for info. Next meeting first Sat. in January. I look forward to hearing about your thesis.
- December 22, 2006 at 7:33:00 AM PST
- Marc Geller said...
Perhaps you can download it from youtube, where I found it and to which I linked.
- December 31, 2006 at 10:26:00 AM PST
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This pretty much sounds like a rejected sitcom setup: Betty White — she of the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" and then "The Golden Girls" and then the late-in-life pop culture resurgence — was hanging out with Shaquille O'Neal, and he proposed marriage to her.
But it kind of happened. It was staged, but it happened. And we have the video. Which you can bet will show up on the TNT postgame show at one point next season.
Thanks to Eric Freeman at Ball Don't Lie for scouring the internet to find this gem.


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Hiring managers are busy people. A single job posting might attract thousands of resumes. To get noticed, create a career summary (aka career objective) statement.
The goal of this section is to develop a hard-hitting introductory declaration packed with your most sought-after skills, abilities, accomplishments and attributes.
Take these six steps to create a winning career summary:
Related: Does your resume pass the 6-second test? Get a FREE assessment.
1. Conduct Research on Your Ideal Job
The more closely you can target your profile to the employer's needs, the better your results will be. Start by searching jobs for your ideal position. Compare the ads and write a list of common job requirements and preferred qualifications.
2. Assess Your Credentials
Based on your research, how do you measure up? How would you help potential employers meet their goals? Besides the qualifications described, do you offer any added bonus? If you are lacking in one area, do you make up for it with other credentials?
If you are having a hard time assessing your skills, get help. Ask your colleagues, instructors and supervisors what they see as your key qualifications. Review your performance evaluations. What do others say about the quality of your work? Then write a list of your top five marketable credentials.
Related: Apply for jobs that match your skills.
3. Relay the Value You Bring to the Table
The next step is to weave your top credentials into your summary. Keep in mind that the summary helps the hiring manager determine whether you should be called for an interview. Include a synopsis of your career achievements to show that your dedication to results is transferable to your next employer. Explain how you would help solve their problems. Ask yourself, "How will the employer benefit from hiring me?"
4. Add a Headline
A headline on a resume hooks your readers and compels them to continue reading. A headline should include your job target as well as the main benefit of hiring you.
5. Focus on Your Goal
The most effective summaries are targeted on one career goal. If you have more than one possible objective, consider drafting different versions. Fill your summary with keywords related to your career field. Your profile can also be supplemented with a bulleted "Key Skills" section, which provides an easy-to-read listing of your core capabilities.
6. Proofread, Refine and Perfect
First impressions are lasting impressions. Is your summary persuasive and free of errors? Is your tone appropriate for your career field? Avoid empty, generalized statements such as "excellent communication skills."
The Finished Product
Here is an example of an effective career summary:
Corporate Real Estate Executive
Increasing Bottom-Line Profitability Through Real Estate Strategies
Professional Profile
Accomplished executive with a proven ability to develop and implement real-estate strategies that support business and financial objectives. Have led key initiatives that reduced operating budget by $32 million and contributed to 550% stock increase. Recognized as an expert in applying financial concepts to asset management decisions.
Respected leader, able to build highly motivated management teams focused on achieving revenue goals. Keep up to date with changes in the industry through continuing professional development (earned an MBA in finance/real estate and master of corporate real-estate designation).
Areas of Expertise
- High-Volume, High-Dollar Negotiations
- Strategic/Tactical Planning
- Multimillion-Dollar Operating and Capital Budget Administration
- Analytical and Financial Skills
- Statistical Modeling and ROI Analyses
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The Next Step: Get Your Resume Out There
Get your resume seen by companies that are seeking veterans like you. Post your resume with Monster.com.


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Security is a top concern for potential cloud users so the formation of the Cloud Security Alliance was welcome news when the organization emerged in 2009. And while many vendors have since joined CSA, precious few service providers have stepped up to take part in its Security, Trust and Assurance Registry.
The CSA STAR registry, rolled out last August, is "designed to index the security features of cloud providers using a 170-point questionnaire that end users are then able to peruse" (see story, "Cloud security registry slow to catch on").
Experts explain greatest threats to cloud security
Of the big guns that professed intentions to lay it on the line, only Microsoft has followed through to date. Kudos to them. Now it is time for enterprise buyers to pressure other suppliers to follow suit.
Survey after survey, after all, show security issues are holding cloud back. The latest example: Study results released last month by European managed service provider Interxion identified "a perceived lack of security" as the top barrier to cloud computing adoption.
The market-leading cloud service providers are likely dragging their feet on STAR in the belief that coming clean would only give smaller competitors ammunition to use against them (anything you say or do can be used against you).
That can't work if buyers demand transparency through STAR, if they demand the right to see 1) if the cloud providers are doing enough, and 2) how the approaches of the different suppliers stack up.
Some suppliers cite as a reason for not participating in STAR that they don't want to reveal security details for fear of making it easier for bad guys to attack. But that's just a red herring. The alliance says in a FAQ that information collected is "intended to allow a provider to document its security practices without going into a level of detail that would expose sensitive information. For example, a provider will likely document whether or not they regularly perform application layer penetration testing, but would not likely publish detailed results of web scanning tools."
But STAR will only become meaningful if enough vendors partake, which will require enterprise buyers to demand participation (think "Show me the Carfax"). If you don't participate, this effort will collapse, making your job harder down the road when it comes time to weigh potential suppliers.
The good news: CSA Executive Director Jim Reavis says more vendors are in the wings and may come onboard soon. Aid the cause by adding your voice to the chorus calling for this important industry effort.


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Wikiquote:WikiProject Policy Revision
Wikiquote Policies and Guidelines |
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Some Wikiquotians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Policy Revision. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikiquotians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list there.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikiquote:WikiProject.
WikiProject Policy Revision
There are many policies on Wikiquote which need revision, adoption, or to be written in the first place. This WikiProject seeks to identify those policies which fit into each of these categories, to determine which policies need the most emergent attention, and systematically build the Wikiquote policy base, borrowing from other Wikimedia projects where appropriate, and devising Wikiquote-specific policies where existing policies do not serve the needs of Wikiquote.
Related groups of Wikiquotians
- Jeff Q (talk). Wikiquote admin since March 2005. I've worked on most of the active policy issues since then. I am hoping we can drum up more participants for this much-needed work. You don't have to be an admin to participate!
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- Aphaia 00:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC) Wikikquote admin again, but I would love to join the Jeff Q choir "You don't have to be an admin to participate!".
Past participants
- Essjay · Talk Founder, per discussion at the Village Pump. I am an admin here, as well as Wikipedia, Meta, & Commons, and have participated in numerous policy drafting "adventures". I have a sound knowledge of Wikimedia policy, and am very interested in helping to draft policies that address Wikiquote's specific needs.
- Note: Essjay has retired from Wikiquote. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:59, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
We envision having individual users or small teams of users (if more than one user wants to work on the same policy) adopting various policies. These users would agree to review the policy for general errors in mechanics (spelling, etc.), but more importantly, would determine whether the policy adequately covered all the involved aspects of Wikiquote. If the policy was found to be lacking, that user would draft up revisions and extensions to the policy, with assistance from others within or outside the project (if others are interested or if the user requested thier help). Our hope is that if the policies can be cleaned up and streamlined, it won't be necessary to have extended debates on adoption, but rather, they can be read over by others and a simple vote for adoption can be held on the talk page.
Adopting a policy would involve doing the research within existing Wikimedia projects (particularly Wikipedia, Commons and Meta, which tend to have the most complete policy bases), writing, and revising for either a non-existent policy or a policy identified as in need of revision. Of course, everyone else can still edit an adopted policy, and you can work on other things too, but the idea is to find a focus for a while, to try and build up the number of established policies the Project has produced.
- To identify existing Wikiquote policies in need of revision before being adopted.
- To identify existing Wikiquote policies that have been revised and now require adoption.
- To identify existing Wikiquote policies that may or may not have been adopted, but require expansion to cover the growing needs of Wikiquote.
- To identify existing Wikiquote practices that have yet to be written in the form of consensus-approved policies.
- To determine which policies within these categories require the most emergent attention.
- To systematically write, revise, and adopt a full set of consensus-driven Wikiquote policies.
This is just a suggestion, if other have better ideas, propose them on the talk page.
Users who would like to take on a given policy should note which policies they are preparing revisions for in the "Drafts being prepared" section under "Policies in revision". That user should then mark the policy and the policy talk page with one of the templates below to indicate that it is currently undergoing revision. Any questions about how to proceed should be asked on the talk page here; questions on specific areas of policy change (i.e., should "A" be part of policy "X") should be raised on the policy's talk page. A draft of the revised policy should be begun on a /Draft subpage of the policy page (i.e. Wikiquote:Example policy/Draft) and that page and its talk page should be tagged with {{Revision draft}}. Using the subst: command is very useful for quickly creating a copy of the policy on the draft page (i.e., {{subst:Wikiquote:Example policy}})
Once the draft has been prepared, the policy listing should be moved to "Drafts ready for community review", a note left on the existing policy's talk page (not the draft subpage), and the draft should be subst: in to the policy and then reverted to provide a "diff" view showing the changes being made. In other words, one would:
- Clear Wikiquote:Example policy, add {{subst:Wikiquote:Example policy/Draft}} and click save.
- Then revert this change, so that it would return to the original policy page.
A diff link (showing the side-by-side comparison of the two revisions) should be inserted on the draft talk page, as well as in the note left on the policy talk page. At this point, the community is invited to share their views and make revisions to the draft.
When the policy has been revised and is ready for adoption, it should be tagged with {{Policy adoption}} and listed under "Policies undergoing adoption discussions". Also, remember to change the category on the policy. Once the policy has been adopted, it should be tagged with the appropriate policy tag ({{Official policy}} or {{Guideline}}) and moved into the policy category, as well as being listed under "Policies successfuly revised and adopted".
Policies in revision
Please list your name below using {{user}} using a bullet (*), and list the policy(s) with {{Revision}} using indented bullets (**) on the following lines.
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Rapid Ride Blue Line (West Side to UNM)
The Rapid Ride "Blue Line" connects Albuquerque's West Side to the University of New Mexico campus.
The Route
The Rapid Ride Blue Line #790 route provides access from the West Side to:
- The Northwest Transit Center
- Cottonwood Mall
- SIPI (Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute)
- Montano Plaza
- Old Town (Connects with the Rapid Ride Red Line #766)
- The courthouses in Downtown
- University of New Mexico main campus (Connects with the Rapid Ride Red Line #766 and the Rapid Ride Green Line #777)
- UNM Hospital
Park & Ride is available at the Northwest Transit Center. There is no charge to park in the park & ride lot.


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Coats to step down, Trump tweets, as President says Ratcliffe will be nominated as next director of national intelligence
(CNN) -- Dan Coats will step down as the director of national intelligence on August 15, President Donald Trump announced Sunday in a tweet, a departure that marks the most recent chapter in Trump's tense and puzzling relationship with the US intelligence community.
Texas Republican Rep. John Ratcliffe, who aggressively questioned former special counsel Robert Mueller last week during Congressional hearings involving his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, will be nominated by the President to replace Coats.
"I would like to thank Dan for his great service to our Country," Trump tweeted. "The Acting Director will be named shortly."
Axios first reported Coats' expected departure.
The former senator became director of national intelligence at a difficult time -- for a President who repeatedly made clear his dislike and distrust of intelligence services -- and spent his tenure in the administration at odds with Trump, helming a constellation of over a dozen agencies that the President has publicly mocked, ignored and dismissed. The unsettling dynamic has created one of the more unusual spectacles of Trump's presidency and raised questions about his motivations, particularly as they relate to investigations into possible collusion between Moscow and members of his 2016 presidential campaign.
"I have ensured that we have the capabilities necessary to protect against those who would do us harm," Coats wrote in his resignation letter to the President.
He added, "I believe it is time for me to move on to the next chapter of my life."
A former senior intelligence official who worked with Coats said he did not believe there was any single national security issue that he was regularly dealing with that brought him to a point where he was ready to step down, but instead likely just felt it was time to move on. "This isn't a lifetime appointment," the former official said.
"Dan Coats has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to stay above the issues which dominate Washington politics. Within the (intelligence community), he is considered to be a capable, candid, and non-partisan leader who takes his work coordinating IC resources seriously as well as someone who has brought stability to the IC," the former official told CNN.
The President, though, regularly fumed about Coats, and the two never clicked on a personal level. Trump has been on the brink of firing him in the past, though aides were able to convince the President not to do so.
In May, Attorney General William Barr was ordered to conduct a politically-charged Justice Department review of how the Russia investigation began and the intelligence community's role in that process.
At the time, Coats said that Barr would get "all the appropriate information" for the review of intelligence into Russia's election attacks but he also warned the attorney general against being too public with what he declassifies.
"I am confident that the Attorney General will work with the IC in accordance with the long-established standards to protect highly-sensitive classified information that, if publicly released, would put our national security at risk," Coats said in a statement.
Trump's evident hostility and distrust of his own intelligence agencies made Coats' job as director arguably one of the most politically fraught in Washington. His departure is just the latest in the churn among the President's most senior officials.
Coats, a former ambassador and Republican senator from Indiana praised for his bipartisan professionalism, stepped into the job leading US spy agencies and serving as the President's principal adviser on intelligence in March 2017.
Vice President Mike Pence was one of Coats' closest allies as the two men shared a long history dating back to their time in Congress.
But Trump and Coats never forged a particularly close relationship and the President has time and again voiced frustrations about Coats, telling advisers that he considered Coats in line with other top officials who have sought to restrain him like former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and former White House chief of staff John Kelly.
And in under a year, Trump confidants were suggesting Coats could be fired.
Coats vs. Trump on North Korea
While Trump had complained about Coats in the past, White House officials began preparing in earnest for his ejection after the Presidents Day holiday weekend, which Trump had spent venting to friends and advisers about Coats, two senior administration officials told CNN.
Trump was still steaming about statements Coats and other officials had made three weeks earlier when they delivered an annual report to Congress on worldwide threats. Coats laid out the intelligence community's assessments, undercutting the President's claims on issues ranging from Iran to Russia, climate change and the status of ISIS.
Trump appeared most irritated by Coats' assessment on North Korea. Despite the President's assertion that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will move toward giving up his nuclear weapons, Coats and the other officials said it was their assessment that Kim would likely never do so.
In the days leading up to Coats' dismissal, his backers and the President's surrogates were reaching out to the media in an attempt to frame the issue. Coats' allies worked to defend the former senator, while the President's friends tried to raise doubts about Coats and set the stage for Trump's move.
Chris Ruddy, a longtime Trump confidant, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on February 18 that he was "hearing from sources around the White House there's just general disappointment of the President with Director Coats. There's a feeling that maybe there needs to be a change of leadership in that position."
Speaking in the run-up to a second meeting between Trump and Kim set for the end of February, Ruddy said, "I think generally there's a deep concern that on the eve of the North Korea (summit) to have your director of national intelligence in open hearings undercutting your position was very bad form."
Coats' former colleagues came to his defense and questioned Trump's ability to deal with information that doesn't confirm his worldview.
As rumors swirled that Coats could be jettisoned, Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, told CNN's John Berman on February 19 that "if in fact Dan Coats is pushed out -- which I deeply hope isn't the case, because he's a great public servant, but if he is -- the message is don't give me the facts."
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine tweeted the next day: "DNI Coats is a good friend, former Senate colleague, and leader of integrity who has always served our country well. We are fortunate to have a person of his ability and candor to lead our intelligence community."
Ultimately, Trump quickly papered over the discord and moved on with Coats remaining in his role.
But the President appeared to revive conversations about possibly removing Coats in July, raising the idea with confidants and rehashing old frustrations about the intelligence chief.
A senior White House official confirmed at the time that there was some discussion about Coats leaving his position, as he has been on the job for more than two years and is eyeing retirement again.
Life in politics
The 76-year-old Coats served in the military before going to law school. He joined the House of Representatives in 1981 and then moved on to the Senate before being appointed US ambassador to Germany in 2001, during President George W. Bush's first term. In 2011, Coats returned to the Senate, where he served on the Intelligence and Armed Services committees, retiring in 2017.
Before he was elected, Trump was asked in an August 2016 interview with Fox News whether he trusted intelligence. "Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country," Trump said. "Look what's happened over the last 10 years. Look what's happened over the years. It's been catastrophic."
He went on, saying, "In fact, I won't use some of the people that are sort of your standards, you know. ... I won't use them because they've made such bad decisions."
Trump's answer displayed a misunderstanding of how intelligence agencies work. They do not make decisions or craft policies, but simply offer their assessments of situations so political leaders can make the best-informed decisions. That disconnect would continue to play out publicly in the months to come.
In December 2016, after the CIA announced it believed Russia had interfered directly in the election, hoping to put Trump in the White House, the President didn't dismiss the reporting but instead attacked the CIA, saying that "these are the same people that said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction."
In January 2017, Trump compared the intelligence agencies to Nazis after news leaked that they had briefed him about potential Russian attempts to blackmail him.
In March of that year, Trump asked Coats and Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency, to publicly push back against then-FBI Director James Comey's investigation into possible coordination between Moscow and his presidential campaign. Coats and Rogers were uncomfortable with the nature of the President's request and refused to comply, sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
Coats vs. Trump on Moscow
In July 2018, in perhaps his most public rift with Coats and the intelligence community, Trump stood beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and publicly said he doubted US spies' assessment that Russia had tried to interfere in the election, declaring that Putin had vigorously denied it.
Coats afterward issued a statement reiterating the conclusion that Moscow had indeed worked to sway the election results. Shortly afterward, while onstage at a conference, the intelligence director was visibly surprised by an announcement that Trump was planning on inviting Putin to Washington.
"That's going to be special," Coats quipped, later apologizing and saying he had not meant to be disrespectful.
The January worldwide threats hearing, mandated annually by Congress, seemed to mark a turning point. The officials, under oath, must answer truthfully on matters that aren't classified and can be discussed in an open setting. Their answers made clear the vast gulf between intelligence community assessments and the President's assertions on any number of national security issues.
Trump ripped Coats and other leaders the next day in a series of tweets, while his allies said intelligence officials should not publicly air assessments that differ from the President's.
"The Intelligence Committee should give Trump officials their reservations about policy on ISIS, North Korea, Iran, etc., but when Intelligence agencies do so publicly, they are undermining the administration," Fred Fleitz, a former chief of staff for the National Security Council, told Fox News.
Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel had testified that Iran is continuing to comply with the international nuclear treaty that Trump decided to abandon in May 2018, prompting the President's tweet that they are "extremely passive and naive when it comes to the dangers of Iran."
While Trump had insisted that the US has won against ISIS in Syria and would therefore be withdrawing troops from the country, Coats told Congress that "ISIS is intent on resurging and still commands thousands of fighters in Iraq and Syria."
Coats and his colleagues also flagged the impacts of climate change, which the President rejects, and stressed the threat posed by Russian attempts to undermine US elections and democracy, a stance the President has undercut or opposed.
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Tea Party Looks To Recapture Election Magic In 2012
It was one year ago that the Tea Party movement helped Republicans take control of the U.S. House of Representatives. With the presidential election a year away, the movement finds itself searching for ways to have the same kind of impact this time around.
The Tea Party celebrated on election night last year with candidates like Rand Paul, who captured a Senate seat in Kentucky.
"Tonight there's a Tea Party tidal wave, and we're sending a message to them," Paul said in his victory speech.
With the House victories, the congressional Tea Party caucus doubled in size to more than 60. Among them was Illinois Republican Joe Walsh, who said the group needs to keep the pressure on House Speaker John Boehner and other Republicans.
"I've been hard on our leadership because I'm one of these Tea Party freshmen who want as many spending cuts as we can get," Walsh said in an NPR interview in April.
The Tea Party caucus took a hard line in debate over raising the debt ceiling this summer, pushing the government to the brink of default. The movement didn't get the result it wanted, but it did take credit for forcing a debate.
Through it all, the Tea Party kept an eye on 2012, with events like a summertime bus tour organized by Ryan Rhodes of the Iowa Tea Party.
The Tea Party's goal is to have as big an impact on the presidential race as it did on congressional contests last year. An early favorite of the movement was Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota. She kicked off her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, describing a GOP made up of fiscal and social conservatives.
"It's made up of the Tea Party movement, and I am one of those," Bachmann said.
But Bachmann has since dropped in the polls as other candidates have courted Tea Party votes. They are Herman Cain, who's battling allegations of sexual harassment, Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.
The one thing most Tea Party activists seem to agree on is that they don't like Mitt Romney, whose big sin was signing a Massachusetts health care law. But the chill goes both ways. He was asked about the movement by NBC's Brian Williams at a debate in California.
"Governor Romney, are you a member of the Tea Party?" Williams asked.
"I don't think you carry cards in the Tea Party," Romney answered. "I believe in a lot of what the Tea Party believes in."
Romney remains at or near the top of the polls even with little or no Tea Party backing. But he's not entirely without friends in the movement.
"Governor Romney is not getting a fair shot from the Tea Party, from some in the Tea Party," said former U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell of Delaware.
While a favorite of the Tea Party, O'Donnell lost the 2010 race for the seat once held by Vice President Joe Biden. It was a race Republicans expected to win, had O'Donnell not knocked off moderate Republican Rep. Mike Castle in the primary. O'Donnell's primary win was a victory of ideology over electability. Now she defends Romney, citing electability.
"We need to consider who is going to be able to beat Barack Obama, and right now we've got a field of candidates, and some of them are going to get crushed by the Obama machine and some of them have the infrastructure to beat Barack Obama," O'Donnell said.
The Tea Party does have a much higher profile this election. It even flirted with the establishment by teaming up with CNN for a televised debate.
But that event also brought about memorable moments, like when moderator Wolf Blitzer asked candidate Ron Paul what happens if someone chooses not to purchase health insurance, has an accident and winds up in the hospital in a coma.
Should society just let him die, Blitzer asked?
Paul answered "no," but an audience member shouted "yes." It prompted a new round of criticism of the Tea Party as heartless and ready to dismantle the social safety net.
Over the past year, public support for the movement has fallen off. In a September CNN poll, 53 percent of Americans surveyed had an unfavorable opinion of the Tea Party.
"We have taken some hits," says Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks, one of several national organizations that has given financial and other support to the movement. "Our negatives are up some, but that's the price of leadership."
Kibbe says the Tea Party of today is very different from the one that began in 2009.
"It's a natural evolution," Kibbe explains. "We started as a protest movement. We morphed into a get-out-the-vote machine, but now we're literally thinking locally and acting nationally, and that to me is an exciting and maturing of the Tea Party movement."
Kibbe says it's too soon to say if there will be a presidential nominee the movement can rally around. If not, he says, the focus will be on House and Senate races. He says they know they can have an impact there — just as they did one year ago.


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Eat When You're Bored? 4 Ways to Stop the Habit Now
It sounds simple in theory, but learning how to differentiate between boredom and hunger can be a struggle. If you ever find yourself standing at the fridge, wondering just how you ended up there — yet again! — these tips will help you build new habits and curb unnecessary weight gain.
Become aware: Psychologist and proponent of mindful eating Dr. Susan Albers urges her clients to take stock of their habits. "We're often just mindlessly eating without really being hungry . . . we have habits around certain time periods," she says. If you find yourself heading to the fridge for a snack or minimeal when you have nothing else going on, take stock of how you're feeling at that moment. Are you stressed? Bored? Unless you're actually hungry, there's no reason to chow down.
Rethink TV time: When you haven't planned out an afternoon or an evening, it can be tempting to tune in to the tube and sink into the couch. If you're constantly snacking when you're watching television, drop the fork and start making better use of your time. Keep a set of free weights nearby for a little lifting as you watch, or drop to the floor for these TV-friendly exercises that won't get in the way of keeping up with your favorite show.
Try a little water: Many people confuse the sensations of thirst for hunger. If you've recently eaten and you're feeling unsatisfied, take this advice from Mara Z. Vitolins, RD and Wake Forest assistant professor of public health sciences. "It is hard to distinguish between being thirsty and being hungry, so try drinking water and waiting 20 to 30 minutes to see if you're still hungry."
Start sitting down: Constant grazing or chowing down at the fridge can put you at a disadvantage. When you stand up and eat, you're not always aware of what's being consumed, and food isn't looked at as a meal. Instead of standing up at the fridge and eating, designate specific times for meals and snacks. Not only will this help you differentiate between boredom and hunger, but you'll find yourself eating less when there aren't outside distractions.


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(visited by Mark Trollip, Michael Strydom and Joseph De Kock)
15-Feb-2004 -- This Confluence is about 80 km from where we live and one of the last few to still be visited successfully, so we were determined to get there first. As it had been visited unsuccessfully once before, I first got maps from a very helpful Jana Raad at the information office in Cradock. Then I phoned the owner of the land, who said the Confluence wasn't on his land, I was to try the neighbour. I set up a visit with the neighbour, Jannie Michau, and when we arrived we were disappointed to find that the Confluence wasn't on his land but was on the first farm as I'd thought. It appears that names have changed over the years, leading to all the confusion. Jannie then showed us where to find the manager of the farm, Joseph De Kock.
He was a little puzzled but intrigued so we set of in his old bakkie (Afrikaans for pickup truck) with 500,000 km on the clock to the locked gate leading to the property. Down a winding and rough track we came to an abandoned farmhouse, labelled Klipkraal on the map but in fact called Spitskop. Unfortunately my wife had left her hiking shoes at Joseph's house, so she and our 2 year old daughter stayed behind while Joseph, his son-in-law Michael and I set off to the Confluence, now some 800 m away. We climbed a fence and then fought through some thick thorn trees along the Vlekpoort river. We crossed the river - there were just a few puddles from the recent rain - and climbed a steep stony ridge. From there it was plain sailing to the Confluence, which was located near the base of a 'koppie' (small hill) just at the mouth of a little 'kloof' (small ravine). Quite a thrill to suddenly see all the zeros line up on the GPS. My two companions, who knew nothing of the Confluence Project and GPS's, seemed suitably impressed, if not a little bemused at me chasing after an imaginary point.
The Confluence itself consists of small weathered ironstone boulders and stones interspersed with small bushes and grasses. The small hill 'Spitskop' can be seen to the north and the larger Bamboesberg mountains rising to over 2000 m to the northeast. The closest inhabited houses are a few kilometres away leaving the area quiet and pristine.
We would have liked to 'kuier' (visit) with these friendly people for a while but had to move on as we had a lunch date at the Blanco Guest Farm near Tarkastad.
Thanks to Joseph & Michael for taking me to the site and to Jannie who was very helpful and bitterly disappointed that the Confluence wasn't on his farm. Thanks to my wife and daughter who almost got to the Confluence. We'll find the next one together.


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I got nuthin'.
I've got more than Rita, but I doubt I can ride it all the way to Hollywood...
"..gotten the SHAFT" HAHA! I get it!! HAHAHA!! rita don't you get it? HAHA! SHAFT!!!
Is it the Easter Brown Bunny?
I get it (ha!), I just couldn't think of anything witty to say, even after reading the article.
Maybe someone else has something I can ride to Hollywood?
Sure are some quirky people in so.cal!
I'm just afraid of what related items MKJ will find and post from Ebay.
I don't get it...
I call bullshit!
how can I put this...
He had Chloe Sevigny perform fellatio on him and he wants to be paid for it?
I'm surprised his testicles fit in the frame!
BrainyJ: what?
Okay, Julietine, maybe some guys will volunteer to ride us to somewhere in Florida. The beach, maybe?
I second that, GDogg!
She did do that???..I did not know she was a Porn actress too???
"Your honor, they did not pay me for my work."
"We need proof, lets see the evidence."
"My god! Its like you have a kickstand!"
rita, pick me up at Miami International in six hours?
The possibility of court action in this matter reminds me of a scene from an old Simpsons:
Chief Wiggam: I've got pictures of you, Quimby!
Mayor Quimby: You don't scare me, that could be anybody's ass.
Could somebody explain to me why Gallo used a stunt double for this, er, shot?
Although I AM in so.CA, igloo, since I do not have a penis I feel that a comment from me would be inappropriate!
However, I will say -
Almost heaven, West Vagina :)
Isn't it ironic that someone with the name of Gallo is not hung?
* ducks and runs *
watch out because...
"Ow, Chloe Sevigny!" = Yo ! Loves chewing."
I can't believe Dave posted this, but not the article I sent him about the cannnibalistic fairy shrimp that they recently discovered in Idaho, of all places. It was way funnier.
Flash, Christobol posted about the fairy shrimp on his blog a few days ago. Take heart.
One can get paid for this being done TO him?
*this'll REALLY change the world of *
STOP TYPING OUT LOUD! idiot
Here's an interesting artifact (Adults only?)
Yellow for caution: crude language & crudely executed wooden statues in a bottle
Flash: I think they're overwhelmed by the amount of email they get (per Judi yesterday), and don't get to see everything people send in. Can you imagine how much spam they get, with their email address on the internet for God and everybody to see?
Sounds to me like it was Chloe who got shafted...
Scrolling down to the last line:
'Click here for all you need to know about VINCE GALLO'
folks, the article gave me WAY more than I needed already...
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If you have an older device running older firmware, you may have felt left out of yesterday's iOS 7 jailbreak festivities. But, worry not, because there is a release that just dropped in Cydia that allows you to enjoy an untethered jailbreak on your iPhone 4, iPod touch 4th generation, and iPhone 3GS if you're running iOS 6.1.3 through 6.1.5.
The untethered jailbreak, which is called p0sixspwn in Cydia, is a package that allows you to convert a tethered jailbreak into an untethered one. This means that if you're currently jailbroken on one of the aforementioned devices using a tool like redSn0w or sn0wbreeze, you can finally reboot your device without having to perform a tethered boot. Have a look inside for the step-by-step guide.


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LinkedIn has announced it has reached 200 million user registrations worldwide — with new users being added at an average rate of two per second (or 172,800 per day). Not bad for a professional social network (but obviously still a far cry from Facebook's one billion+ active users).
LinkedIn clocked up its first 100 million members back in March 2011, underlining how its growth rate has accelerated in recent times — with the network adding more than 13 million members since its last announcement on November 1, 2012. Back in January 2009 membership stood at 32 million. However, this is total users, not monthly active users or another indicator of active engagement, as others have pointed out. The company doesn't disclose active usage numbers.
In a blog announcing the new membership figure, Deep Nishar, LinkedIn's senior VP of products and user experience, described it as an "important and exciting milestone". The company has produced a celebratory infographic to mark the moment.
LinkedIn's membership spans more than 200 countries and territories. The U.S. remains its biggest market, followed by India. Membership in its largest markets breaks down as follows:
- USA (74m)
- India (18m)
- UK (11m)
- Brazil (11m)
- Canada (7m)
The fastest growing countries for LinkedIn membership are Turkey, Colombia and Indonesia, respectively. Mobile use of the site is growing fastest in China, followed by Brazil, Portugal, India and Italy.
The largest industries on LinkedIn by membership unsurprisingly include several tech-focused sectors. The largest is IT & services (with four million LinkedIn members); followed by financial services (2.03 million); higher education (1.95 million); computer software (1.65 million); and telecommunications (1.59 million). It's a testament to the granularity of LinkedIn's career information that its largest industry accounts for less than 2.5 per cent of its total userbase.
The most followed 'key influencers' on LinkedIn — a Twitter-style feature, which LinkedIn added back in the fall that allows users to receive updates from other high profile users they are interested in — are 1) businessman and entrepreneur Richard Branson; 2) U.S. President Barack Obama; 3) alternative medicine guru Deepak Chopra; 4) self-help book author Tony Robbins; and at 5) LinkedIn's own CEO, Jeff Weiner.
LinkedIn's membership momentum this year has been matched by rising revenue growth: its Q3 revenues were up 81 per cent year-over-year, and up 10 per cent sequentially on Q2 revenues.